Image of Chondrocladia Thomson 1873
Description:
Description: The giant clubsponge. A stalked demosponge found living on soft sediment at depths of 240-1600 m.
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Title: Chondrocladia gigantea
Copyright: SERPENT Project
Species: Chondrocladia gigantea
Behaviour: Sessile organism
Site: Atlantic -- North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Rosebank
North Sea -- West of Shetland -- Rosebank
Site Description: Seafloor
Depth (m): 1085
Latitude: 60 deg 59' 33" N
Longitude: 3 deg 49' 49" E
Habitat: Benthic
Rig: Transocean Rather
Project Partners: Chevron, Subsea 7, Transocean
ROV: Centurion 05 HD (work class)
Deposited By: Dr Andrew Gates
Deposited On: 12 July 2007
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
- Porifera (sponges)
- Demospongiae (demosponges)
- Poecilosclerida
- Cladorhizidae
- Chondrocladia
- Chondrocladia grandis
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